WaPo Bloggers on "Ohio River Ramble"

The bloggers for The Fix, the Washington Post's politics blog, have been traveling up the Ohio River in recent days, spending time in each of the hotly-contested Congressional districts along the way. They call it the Ohio River Ramble.

Two days ago, they were blogging on Hostettler and Ellsworth in the 8th District (here, here, and here). Yesterday, they were in Louisville, covering Northup and Yarmuth in Kentucky's 3rd District (here and here). Interesting the omission that the DCCC has decided to spend no money on Yarmuth; it can't be because he is doing well enough to not need it.

And, today, they were blogging on Sodrel and Hill, in Indiana's 9th District. I fail to see the relevance of Hill's "basketball record." I don't think, given that he has substantial history in this district, that it will be even a remotely important factor in the campaign. I particularly like the description of Hill as "one fit guy"; the nice tan he seems to have acquired in recent weeks surely helps that appearance. Hill's commercials (also discussed) are shot with this weird red tint to them that makes him look (certainly by accident) like the Great Pumpkin.

Notable the mention of Hill's own polling. The public polling has indeed been similar (as discussed here), and was actually not any different in 2004. Last time, if memory serves, the race hovered in the upper edges of the margin of error. I seem to recall that Hill led the entire time.

The WaPo bloggers have done multiple articles on most of the districts in their Ohio River Ramble, sometimes posting them a day or so later. Hopefully the 9th will be no different.